Welcome!

Welcome to our new website for ISO - International Student Organization in the USA. We would like to become a source of information and advice for international students, alumni, and dependents. Additionally, aim to create an online community for students to gather, meet, and share experiences.

We will continuously be updating the website so please check back frequently. Feel free to browse the site and call or email us with any suggestions, comments, or questions you may have.

Going off to college for the first time might seem like a scary thing, especially when you are an international student. Getting used to a new environment can be a big adjustment, but don’t let that scare you because chances are your school has a variety of resources available to help ease your transition— academically, culturally, and socially. Here are some to check out.

Here are 8 useful resources that will surely make your transition into a breeze!

1. International student office- This is probably the most useful and important office for you during your four-year college career. Here, advisors can help you with issues regarding visa and immigration, and provide you with other useful on-campus resources in other areas.

2. Student Health Center- Usually every university has a student health center on campus to provide students with health care services. Student may go there for check-ups, treatments and vaccinations at a low or reduced rate.

If you are an international student studying in the U.S. for the first time, you are not the only one who is surprised by the expensive list of textbooks. According to The American Enterprise Institute's recent finding, there has been an 812 percent rise in the cost of course materials since 1978, as captured in the Bureau of Labor Statistic's consumer price index data.According to the National Association of College Stores, the average college student pays about $655 for textbooks and supplies annually, which is nearly $3,000 for four years of study. Therefore, what can you do to save more? Here are some good resources that can help students save a ton of money and still get the materials they need!

School Library

Believe it or not, most of the school libraries have the latest textbooks required by professors. Most students can go to the library and rent the textbooks out to scan or read. This not only saves students a ton of money, it is also the easiest way to obtain new textbooks that may be hard to get elsewhere. However, the only thing to be aware of is that students must act quick, because the number of new textbooks are very limited, and there are always more students who need them than what is available.